Estimation of future mortality from pleural malignant mesothelioma in Japan based on an age-cohort model

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Murayama, Takehiko ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^b   Natori, Yuji ^c   Kurumatani, Norio ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Hirano Kameido Himawari Clinic   (Japan)

^d NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age cohort model; Asbestos; Future mortality; Japan; Mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 30544434424     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20246     Document Type: Article

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